Hi Jessi, welcome to TP
My wife was sectioned originally for 4 weeks, turned out to be 6 months in the end. That was in January 2016 so over 2,5 years ago now, after that she moved into an EMI nursing home along with 4 others who'd been sectioned with her, at the time she was only 62.
Sadly 2 of the 5 have passed away but they were in their late 80's, my wife and 2 other are still going strong in the nursing home.
Getting sectioned was in some ways the best thing that could have happened strange though it may sound, but for once someone did something, all kinds of medications, combinations and doses were tested until a level of stability was found that worked. Some medications made her sick, some made her a bit of a zombie and a fall risk but there were always doctors and nurses there constantly evaluating the situation, I can't speak highly enough about the level of care she got there.
Going into the system via the secure assessment/psychiatric hospital route is probably the worse way to go in if it's your first experience of the care system as it is pretty "hard core" in some of these places but sometimes, as in my wife's case it was definitely for the best.
There's a link to my original thread at the time below, it was hard then but it worked out for the best, I can hardly believe that was over 2.5 years ago now.
K
https://forum.alzheimers.org.uk/threads/kevinl-that-was-a-week-to-remember.89276/